Élysée sees moment as a turning of the page after a nightmare chapter in cross-Channel relations
while running for the Conservative leadership. French officials saw Johnson as a populist engaged in constant France-bashing to numb the electorate to the impact of Brexit. As one diplomat said at the height of the bad times, trust between the two countries had evaporated.
Now it’s Russia’s war in Ukraine that has given impetus to the neighbours to “reset” the relationship. “War in Ukraine France also wants to improve the flow of young people and students – as well science and research, betweenBut for the UK, the issue of migration and the crisis of people risking their lives to cross the Channel onhas taken centre-stage.
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